RootData MCP server

This MCP server integrates RootData API with the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing AI assistants like Claude to directly access cryptocurrency and blockchain project data, including project information, organization details, and search results.

Available Tools

The server provides three MCP tools:

• search: Search for brief information about projects/VCs/people based on keywords
• get_project: Get detailed project information using a project ID
• get_organization: Get detailed information about venture capital firms using an organization ID

Installation

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10 or higher
• uv package manager (recommended)

Setup Steps

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/jincai/rootdata-mcp-server
cd rootdata-mcp-server

2. Install uv if you haven't already:

# macOS/Linux
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Windows
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.ps1 | powershell

3. Install dependencies:

# Create and activate virtual environment
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate  # Windows: .venv\Scripts\activate

# Install dependencies
uv add "mcp[cli]" httpx python-dotenv

4. Set up environment variables:

# Create .env file to store API key
cp .env.example .env

# Add your API key to the .env file
ROOTDATA_API_KEY=your-rootdata-api-key

5. Run the server:

uv run server.py

Connecting to Claude Desktop

Configuration Steps

1. Install Claude Desktop if you haven't already

2. Create or edit the Claude Desktop configuration file:

# macOS
mkdir -p ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/
nano ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

3. Add the following configuration:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "rootdata": {
      "command": "/path/to/uv",
      "args": [
        "--directory",
        "/absolute/path/to/rootdata-mcp-server",
        "run",
        "server.py"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Replace /path/to/uv with the result of which uv and /absolute/path/to/rootdata-mcp-server with the absolute path to the project directory.

4. Restart Claude Desktop

Using the Tools

After completing the setup, you should see RootData tools in Claude Desktop's tools menu (hammer icon).

Try asking Claude questions like:

• "Search for Ethereum-related projects"
• "Get detailed information for project ID 12"
• "Look up venture capital firm with organization ID 219"

How to install this MCP server

For Claude Code

To add this MCP server to Claude Code, run this command in your terminal:

claude mcp add-json "rootdata" '{"command":"/path/to/uv","args":["--directory","/absolute/path/to/rootdata-mcp-server","run","server.py"]}'

See the official Claude Code MCP documentation for more details.

For Cursor

There are two ways to add an MCP server to Cursor. The most common way is to add the server globally in the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file so that it is available in all of your projects.

If you only need the server in a single project, you can add it to the project instead by creating or adding it to the .cursor/mcp.json file.

Adding an MCP server to Cursor globally

To add a global MCP server go to Cursor Settings > Tools & Integrations and click "New MCP Server".

When you click that button the ~/.cursor/mcp.json file will be opened and you can add your server like this:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "rootdata": {
            "command": "/path/to/uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/absolute/path/to/rootdata-mcp-server",
                "run",
                "server.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

Adding an MCP server to a project

To add an MCP server to a project you can create a new .cursor/mcp.json file or add it to the existing one. This will look exactly the same as the global MCP server example above.

How to use the MCP server

Once the server is installed, you might need to head back to Settings > MCP and click the refresh button.

The Cursor agent will then be able to see the available tools the added MCP server has available and will call them when it needs to.

You can also explicitly ask the agent to use the tool by mentioning the tool name and describing what the function does.

For Claude Desktop

To add this MCP server to Claude Desktop:

1. Find your configuration file:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

2. Add this to your configuration file:

{
    "mcpServers": {
        "rootdata": {
            "command": "/path/to/uv",
            "args": [
                "--directory",
                "/absolute/path/to/rootdata-mcp-server",
                "run",
                "server.py"
            ]
        }
    }
}

3. Restart Claude Desktop for the changes to take effect